as in pretty
to some degree or extent
these newly acquired in-laws felt relatively comfortable at our family reunion
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Recent Examples of relatively
Bonds can be relatively safe bets.
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David McMillin, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
Sora 2 has been met with relatively little fanfare, at least in comparison to earlier releases from OpenAI.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Others are relatively modern inventions, like Ghostface and the Babadook, whose haunting visages have put them among the ranks of early Universal Monsters.
—Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
Dalton needs just two touchdown passes to leap Sonny Jurgensen (255) for the 25th-most touchdowns in league history, a feat that would appear to be relatively attainable in his next start.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2025
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David McMillin, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
Sora 2 has been met with relatively little fanfare, at least in comparison to earlier releases from OpenAI.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Others are relatively modern inventions, like Ghostface and the Babadook, whose haunting visages have put them among the ranks of early Universal Monsters.
—Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
Dalton needs just two touchdown passes to leap Sonny Jurgensen (255) for the 25th-most touchdowns in league history, a feat that would appear to be relatively attainable in his next start.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for relatively
Adverb
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During a pretty boring game that ended in a 105-95 Knicks win, Eagle and his analyst, Stan Van Gundy, made some chicken salad.—
Andrew Marchand,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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In the spring of 2024, another photo, the last, showed him in pretty much the same outfit somewhere on the streets of Santa Fe, clinging to Betsy’s arm.—
Joy Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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This shortfall was quite disappointing.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Oct. 2025
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There’s also been quite a bit of slash and burn.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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In the first fight, Dern edged out two rounds to take a 29-28 decision, winning the first round fairly comfortably on the feet and outlanding Jandiroba 28-19.—
Brett Appley,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Yet over a decade later, the constitution remains provisional and there is no clear agreement on how the central government in Mogadishu shares power with Somalia’s seven member states—some of which operate fairly autonomously.—
Omar S Mahmood,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The sixth-year veteran has been rather terrible as of late.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
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But a few of those games have been rather close, particularly last year’s 30-27 win in double overtime.—
Chase Gemes,
Kansas City Star,
24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The speedy style of play popularized in chess’ digital arena is somewhat reliant on the honor system.—
Corey Williams,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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What matters most to parents for school transportation Families were asked to rank various factors for school transportation as very important, somewhat important and not important.—
Caroline Beck,
IndyStar,
22 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Watters said letting visitors toss vegetables through the fence could send the wrong message, normalizing the idea of being close enough to feed a bear.—
Quinn Clark,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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This is why economists are so preoccupied with a country’s debt-to-GDP ratio, basically whether a country is growing enough to justify its borrowing, which is projected to spiral to 156% by 2055 according to the CBO.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Relatively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relatively. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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